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Port Sudan Association for Small Enterprises
                                    Development




                                               GALS as an empowering process for the
                                                          poorest women
                                             Evidence and impact, the case of PASED MFI




                  Global Microcredit Summit, Valladolid - Spain 14 - 17 Nov. 2011

                                       Rogaya Hamza Osman
                                      LEAP program Manager
                                          PASED - Sudan
LEAP activities                                                           -
  presentation
Women empowerment activities in PASED

SEDP: Small Enterprises Development Program for microfinance provision
annually extend around 5000 loans from which women represent over 60%
with total portfolio of USD 12,962,960

PASEDs’ LEAP program (ON funded program):
●Support and encourage potential women entrepreneurs to
initiate or refresh their small enterprises through graduation
system to SEDP or directly.
● Ensure gender friendly credit policy with flexible conditions
for poorest women
● Focus on building women confidence and skills for future
service and institutional sustainability
    LEAP          Learning for Empowerment Against Poverty
Applying Gender learning System (GALS) evidence and impact

  LEAP is focusing on empowering the poorest women through
  forming them into local CBOs/ women associations through
  using the GALS process
  Poverty diamond; The module assisted the women centers in

● Assessing poverty levels among center members
● Setting poverty indicators and identifying needs
● Understand existing indigenous saving & credit systems
● Better product design of the centers poverty loan fund
● Identify skill gaps and training needs



LEAP activities   Learning for Empowerment Against Poverty
  presentation
Women centers skills upgrading for proper financial management and reporting




                                                             Implementation
                    Formal bookkeeping                        of the centers’
                         training                               accounting
                                                                  system




                    Committees training to                  Formation of credit
                  work applying the centers              committees at the women
                  credit policy & procedures                     centers




                    Women centers financial management
LEAP activities                                                        -
  presentation
Innovative market led skills training
                        Silk screen through CorelDraw program
                        provided for women with very little
                        knowledge of computer and some even
                        are illiterate




LEAP   Learning for Empowerment Against Poverty
Participatory diamond; help in
●Ensure inclusion of the poorest and disabled women
● Promote center members’ participation in neighborhood committees
and political participation too (number of 3 women are elected in the
local council in the last national election)




 Inclusion of disable women in various centers activities and enabling marketing linkages




                             Women centers political participation
  LEAP              Learning for Empowerment Against Poverty
Consolidating & integrating sustainable Non-financial services;

Ministry of Health
SNAP HIV/AIDS – First aid and nursery training - Preventive health
department – health insurance – High nursery college
Ministry of Education
Literacy programs - School fees
Legal rights organizations
Women legal rights – paralegal cadre - gender based violence - justice -
saving women property – women in market committee, premises,
business license
National child welfare council
Inclusion of youth and school children




  LEAP           Learning for Empowerment Against Poverty
Empowerment map; led to
   ● Personal critical analysis for change
   ● Strengthening women leadership
   ● Understanding relations win-win
   ● promoting of networking and alliances
   ● Women property rights (access & control)
   ● Relationship with family




LEAP activities     Learning for Empowerment Against Poverty
  presentation
Women centers members membership in local administrative
committees




                                        Discussing their center location
                                        with the area committee



e.g. School committees




 LEAP                Learning for Empowerment Against Poverty
Lesson learnt
● Group dynamic skills help the women centers to;
- Strengthen group cohesion, peer learning, experience exchange & mutual support.
- Promote the initiative of collective actions for communal issues.
- Manage group enterprises and bigger investments.
- Increase women access and control over H/H and community assets.
●TOT programs maximize coverage, efficiency and future sustainability.
● For MFIs to maintain their social mission, there must be a parallel intervention for
the poorest with service led agenda.

Challenges : Resources and funding for;
 ● Up-scaling and expansion (urban to rural intervention).

 ● Wider inclusion of youth and programs for adolescent girls.
 ● Replication of LEAP program in other parts of Sudan

    LEAP             Learning for Empowerment Against Poverty

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GALS as an empowering process for the poorest women Evidence and impact, the case of PASED MFI

  • 1. Port Sudan Association for Small Enterprises Development GALS as an empowering process for the poorest women Evidence and impact, the case of PASED MFI Global Microcredit Summit, Valladolid - Spain 14 - 17 Nov. 2011 Rogaya Hamza Osman LEAP program Manager PASED - Sudan LEAP activities - presentation
  • 2. Women empowerment activities in PASED SEDP: Small Enterprises Development Program for microfinance provision annually extend around 5000 loans from which women represent over 60% with total portfolio of USD 12,962,960 PASEDs’ LEAP program (ON funded program): ●Support and encourage potential women entrepreneurs to initiate or refresh their small enterprises through graduation system to SEDP or directly. ● Ensure gender friendly credit policy with flexible conditions for poorest women ● Focus on building women confidence and skills for future service and institutional sustainability LEAP Learning for Empowerment Against Poverty
  • 3. Applying Gender learning System (GALS) evidence and impact LEAP is focusing on empowering the poorest women through forming them into local CBOs/ women associations through using the GALS process Poverty diamond; The module assisted the women centers in ● Assessing poverty levels among center members ● Setting poverty indicators and identifying needs ● Understand existing indigenous saving & credit systems ● Better product design of the centers poverty loan fund ● Identify skill gaps and training needs LEAP activities Learning for Empowerment Against Poverty presentation
  • 4. Women centers skills upgrading for proper financial management and reporting Implementation Formal bookkeeping of the centers’ training accounting system Committees training to Formation of credit work applying the centers committees at the women credit policy & procedures centers Women centers financial management LEAP activities - presentation
  • 5. Innovative market led skills training Silk screen through CorelDraw program provided for women with very little knowledge of computer and some even are illiterate LEAP Learning for Empowerment Against Poverty
  • 6. Participatory diamond; help in ●Ensure inclusion of the poorest and disabled women ● Promote center members’ participation in neighborhood committees and political participation too (number of 3 women are elected in the local council in the last national election) Inclusion of disable women in various centers activities and enabling marketing linkages Women centers political participation LEAP Learning for Empowerment Against Poverty
  • 7. Consolidating & integrating sustainable Non-financial services; Ministry of Health SNAP HIV/AIDS – First aid and nursery training - Preventive health department – health insurance – High nursery college Ministry of Education Literacy programs - School fees Legal rights organizations Women legal rights – paralegal cadre - gender based violence - justice - saving women property – women in market committee, premises, business license National child welfare council Inclusion of youth and school children LEAP Learning for Empowerment Against Poverty
  • 8. Empowerment map; led to ● Personal critical analysis for change ● Strengthening women leadership ● Understanding relations win-win ● promoting of networking and alliances ● Women property rights (access & control) ● Relationship with family LEAP activities Learning for Empowerment Against Poverty presentation
  • 9. Women centers members membership in local administrative committees Discussing their center location with the area committee e.g. School committees LEAP Learning for Empowerment Against Poverty
  • 10. Lesson learnt ● Group dynamic skills help the women centers to; - Strengthen group cohesion, peer learning, experience exchange & mutual support. - Promote the initiative of collective actions for communal issues. - Manage group enterprises and bigger investments. - Increase women access and control over H/H and community assets. ●TOT programs maximize coverage, efficiency and future sustainability. ● For MFIs to maintain their social mission, there must be a parallel intervention for the poorest with service led agenda. Challenges : Resources and funding for; ● Up-scaling and expansion (urban to rural intervention). ● Wider inclusion of youth and programs for adolescent girls. ● Replication of LEAP program in other parts of Sudan LEAP Learning for Empowerment Against Poverty